Demand For Temporary Workers Grows With Employment

The persistence of relatively high unemployment has been a major frustration in the tepid recovery from the Great Recession. Despite steady attrition, the official jobless rank hovers at 7.6%, higher than in most economic upswings. But Robert Half International (RHI), which supplies corporations with temporary workers and also places full-time employees, has flourished. In reporting the fourth ...

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